Author: Sir John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Sir John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Sir, John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781418142858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Bob M. BrierPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313353077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Explore the daily lives of ancient Egyptians in this exciting new update of one of the most successful Daily Life titles. Through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from temple walls, readers can examine social and material existence in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Narrative chapters explore the preparation of food and drink, religious ceremonies and cosmology, work and play, the arts, military domination, and intellectual accomplishments. With material garnered from recent excavations and research, including new content on construction, pyramid building, ship building, and metallurgy, this up-to-date volume caters to the ever-evolving needs of today's readers. A timeline, an extensive research center bibliography, and over 20 new photos make this a must-have reference source for modern students of ancient history. Explore the daily lives of ancient Egyptians in this exciting update of one of the most successful Daily Life titles. Through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from temple walls, readers can explore social and material existence in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Narrative chapters explore the preparation of food and drink, religious ceremonies and cosmology, work and play, the arts, military domination, and intellectual accomplishments. With information garnered from recent excavations and research, including new content on construction, pyramid building, ship building, and metallurgy, this up-to-date volume caters to the ever-evolving needs of today's readers. A timeline, an extensive research center bibliography, and over 20 new photos make this a must-have reference source for modern students of ancient history.
A History of Ancient Egypt
Author: Nicolas GrimalPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631193968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This is an account of the rise and fall of the civilization in the Nile Valley, covering the first human settlement (c 120,000 BC) to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. This is the first history of ancient Egypt for 25 years Brings together the very latest textual and archaeological evidence The index, bibliography and appendices make this an invaluable reference tool New guide to further reading in English especially commissioned for the paperback edition
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Sir John Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: J. Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 2 of 2
Author: J. Gardner WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780282287481
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Excerpt from A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 2 of 2: Revised and Abridged From His Larger WorkThe usual contrivance for raising water from the Nile for watering the crops was the shado'of, or pole and bucket, so com mon still in Egypt; and even the water-wheel appears to have been employed in more recent times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.